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PASTA BOWL ■ Pasta Bowl is happening tonight at Penns Landing Caterers. Find out which restaurants will be there in our special event preview. See page 21.
Joe DellaValla showed off his billiards skills Monday morning while adjacent to rooms filled with treadmill riders and nutrition learners. S ta f f P h o t o b y Greg Bezanis
YOUTH APPRECIATION
■ Tiffany Chen from the Academy at Palumbo will receive the latest Youth Apprecation Award March 25 at southphillyreview.com/ news/youth.
Lifestyles lift
SPORTS
After eight months in limbo, older adults have regained their verve at a Marconi site. ■ By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
■ A Pennsport resident will have his baseball prowess honored with enshrinement in his alma mater’s sports Hall of Fame.
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ennie DiGiandomenico bore a radiant smile Monday morning as she fraternized with friends during a nutrition workshop at the Marconi Older Adult Program, 2433 S. 15th St. The ladies delighted in having the chance to chat, a custom they had enjoyed at their former
haunt, the Samuel S. Fels South Philadelphia Community Center, 2407 S. Broad St. The group had been left stranded without a gathering place to call their home away from home as the Caring People Alliance sold the latter building in late June to the Philadelphia Performing Arts Charter School, 2600 S. Broad St., for $1.7 million to counter a debt dilemma. Through an agreement with St. Monica parish, 17th and Ritner streets,
they have spent the last two weeks reconnecting and expecting new experiences. “For us, it’s like having a place to call home again,” DiGiandomenico, of the 2400 block of South Opal Street, said of the 42-year-old facility that became their secondary abode March 6. “We all tried other locations after the closing, but caSee MARCONI page 10 >>
38 A stellar speller A Passyunk Square school student spelled her way to glory at a regional competition. 8